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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1971)
Faculty to consider cheating, grading motions A proposal to change procedures for handling student plagiarism and cheating cases will be presented at today’s meeting of the general faculty at 3:30 p.m. in 150 Science. Also on the agenda is a motion proposing a change in grading policy and another for establishing a “dead” period during the week when meetings could be held. None of the motions will receive a favorable recommendation from the Faculty Senate. The plagiarism proposal, sponsored by management professor Edwin Beale, suggests taking cheating cases out of the hands of Student Court, and placing them under the iurisdiction of the Scholastic Deficiencies Committee (SDC). An instructor who found evidence of cheating or plagiarism could report the incident to SDC. Filing the report would automatically place the student on academic probation, which could be lifted only by the committee. The Faculty Senate will move that the proposal be referred to an ad hoc committee. The grading motion proposes that in courses which require the instructor’s consent for ad mission the professor be allowed to stipulate that the class be taken on a graded basis. Some professors have said they expect motions may be presented concerning ASUO President Ron Eachus’ disqualification as student body president by EMU Director Dick Reynolds. President Robert Clark will present a statement concerning the issue at the meeting. However, if such motions are presented they will probably not be debated at Wednesday’s meeting because of a rule requiring 30-day notice for motions concerning policy change. Charges may be dropped for Weyerhaeuser Five At its Tuesday afternoon meeting the Student Conduct Committee considered the possibility of dropping all ch wrges against five students accused of Conduct Code violations at an anti Weyerhaeuser demonstration last year. Conduct Coordinator Donald McCarty recommended that the Committee approve of dropping the charges because of the long duration of time since the demonstration, held last Feb. 3. The five students involved in the case were charged with disorderly conduct and disrup tion of the educational process. Charges were dropped early last term against the students by Student Court, after the prosecution said it did not have specific testimony on the actions of each or any of the five in dividually during the demon stration. This ruling was overturned a few weeks later by the University Appeals Board, however, on the grounds that students taking part in an action of a group could be tried for offenses committed by that group. The Conduct Committee postponed a decision on Mc Carty’s recommendation Tuesday until its next meeting, in order to allow all individuals concerned, especially the student defender and student prosecutor, to comment to the Committee on the matter. McCarty told the Committee that he doubted the “feasibility of returning the cases to Student Court” because of long time delay, and said that he would not be in favor of a retrial on the matter. He said that the decision by the Appeals Board was an important one for the Conduct System, but that he doubted any good could come from simply going through the judicial process in the case just for the sake of having prosecuted the students. McCarty also said he could not see any appropriate sanction that could be applied to the five if they were found guilty, especially since they have not returned to the courts on other matters since the Weyerhaeuser demonstration and are therefore not “discipline problems.” After a discussion of other matters. Committee Chairman Frank Lacy, a law professor, agreed to write a memo specifying and changing certain aspects of the Student Court System The memo, if approved by the Committee, University President Robert Clark and ASUO President Ron Eachus, would: Allow for voluntary terms of longer than one year for faculty members of Student Courts in order to allow those interested to gain greater experience. Set up a rotational system allowing faculty members of these courts to be appointed throughout the year rather than only at the beginning. Set up methods by which future faculty court members could gain experience with the student court process before actually joining the courts. The memo was inspired by a memorandum to the Committee from math instructor Peter Sherman, which expressed concern of faculty members and the faculty’s Committee on Committees about these matters. Sherman asked the Committee to give the faculty “guidance” where appropriate. Library posts hours for new winter term The University Library has announced open hours for winter term. The General Library will be open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. The Reserve Book Room will be open 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. The Science Library will be open 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday TTiursday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. Schedules for the various branch libraries of the University Library are as follows: Architecture and Allied Arts Branch in Lawrence Hall—8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and 1-5 p.m. Sunday; Browsing Room in the Erb Memorial Union—1-5 and 7-10 p.m. Monday-Friday, 1-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, closed Saturday and Sunday ; Law School Library—7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday; Map Room in Condon Hall—8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 7-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and closed Saturday and Sunday. Certain areas of the General Library which observe different hours are as follows: Audiovisual Media Center— 7:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 1-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and closed Saturday and Sunday; Graphic Arts Service—8 a.m. to 12 noon and 1-5 p.m. Monday and Friday, 8 a.m. to 12 noon, 1-5 and 7-10 p.m. Tuesday, Wed nesday, and Thursday and closed Saturday and Sunday; Douglass Listening Room—9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 7-11 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 7-10 p.m. Friday, 1-5 p.m. Saturday and 2-6 and 7-10 p.m. Sunday; Newspaper Reading Room Service—6a.m. to 12 noon and 1-5 and 7-11 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 1-5 and 7-10 p.m. Friday, 8 a .m. to 12 noon and 1-5p.m. Saturday and 2-5 and 7-10 p.m. Sunday. The Reading Room is open the same hours as the General Library. Certain areas of the library observe extended hours during examination week and the week preceding exams. 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